This character is reminiscent of the notorious “Red Dean of Canterbury”, Hewlett Johnson, who supported Stalin through thick and thin during the mid 20th century. At least the Dean did not get promoted to Archbishop, but since then the Church of England has shrunk to a mere shadow of its former self, and no doubt there is a shortage of non-idiots.

Where would you find a reasonable, competent man who still believes in a Middle-Eastern religion nowadays?